salado Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I did a restore of my boot partition from the backup image. Prior to the restore, everything is working except the iLife (all applications crash everytime I tried to start them). After restoring from the backup image of the boot partition, my hackpro never boot up. It won't show any sign of booting! Only blinking cursor at the upper-left corner... The following are the steps I took: 1. Reboot the system with the Kalyway Installation Disc. 2. Load up Disk Utility 3. Erase the boot partition with the "Zero Disk" option. 4. Restore from the backup image. 5. Reboot and nothing... I tried to use Disk Utility from the DVD boot disc afterward to see if there is anything wrong with the restored partition. Disk Utility sees the partition perfectly. But when I use "Startup Disk", no disk is shown, only a "boot from network". I don't know what's wrong, Is there anyway I could check/set the boot partition in the partition table? or something else I screwed up? Thanks in advance... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114221-help-needed-cant-boot-at-all-after-diskutility-recovery/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujal Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 You have to install the Bootloader. Get the chameleon bootloader installer and run the packages installer. It will install the bootloader and your machine should boot up normally Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114221-help-needed-cant-boot-at-all-after-diskutility-recovery/#findComment-808764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
salado Posted July 6, 2008 Author Share Posted July 6, 2008 Gujal, Thanks for the information. Could you provide more information how to do this? I am kinda new to OSX system. Install a boot loader sounds to me is to reinstall the whole thing. But I don't want to do that. I am just wondering if there is a way I could fix the machine to make to boot after restore. Thanks a lot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114221-help-needed-cant-boot-at-all-after-diskutility-recovery/#findComment-808766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujal Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Installing a Bootloader is just what the name says, installing the bootloader. It is a small package about 900K which when run installs the Bootloader which is required after a System Restore It is available here http://chameleon.osx86.hu/file_download/10/Chameleon-1.0.11-installer.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114221-help-needed-cant-boot-at-all-after-diskutility-recovery/#findComment-809689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerD004 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 How do I install a dmg file if I can't get into OSX? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114221-help-needed-cant-boot-at-all-after-diskutility-recovery/#findComment-942649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coalagr Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 How do I install a dmg file if I can't get into OSX? You could use the installation cd. When the chameleon starts, leave it be and it will boot your system as it should. Then to the installation and you'll be fine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114221-help-needed-cant-boot-at-all-after-diskutility-recovery/#findComment-949561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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